as in imprisoned
taken and held prisoner
incarcerated residents of that state are still allowed to vote in elections
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as in jailed
to put in or as if in prison
the state incarcerated over 1900 people last year
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Recent Examples of incarcerated
Eric J. Nestler, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
Garcia Torres will remain incarcerated — records show he is being held in Corcoran State Prison — pending the appellate process and any subsequent decision by the district attorney’s office on whether to re-file a murder charge against him.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
Each week, the media organization — which reports on the American prison system — is releasing a song performed by an incarcerated person in its newsletter, Redemption Songs.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
An incarcerated man who fled from a community work crew in Plymouth, Minnesota, on Friday morning has been taken back into custody, according to the state's Department of Corrections.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
By communicating with incarcerated activists Robert Earl Council and Melvin Ray, the film exposes systemic issues, including brutal conditions and high mortality rates, while advocating for transparency and justice in a system that often operates in secrecy.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
At the same time, Reisz said, lawyers are pushing judges who oversee the cases to act swiftly, since interminable procedural delays ensure people remain incarcerated.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
The rivetingly intimate Jail Time Records profiles the first prison recording studio on the African continent and three incarcerated artists who express themselves through music.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026
Jim Bob Duggar, star of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting, tried to impart some fatherly love to his second incarcerated son.
—Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
Francie Ebert, NBC news, 25 Apr. 2026
Lee was incarcerated once more.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
The indictment alleges one leader who was incarcerated used contraband cellphones to oversee the Mexican Mafia's criminal activities from his state prison cell from June 2024 to April 2026.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Detectives confirmed that he had been incarcerated at the Metro West Detention Center on a battery charge.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
Researchers tracked the defendants’ behavior while they were incarcerated.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026
Coming from local shelters, they're trained to be therapy dogs by a person currently incarcerated.
—Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Stunt Queen follows the life of Dee Farmer, one of the most brilliant legal minds of our time who has spent most of her life incarcerated among men.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
Those who are hospitalized or incarcerated continuously on or before their 18th birthday through age 25 are also exempt.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Consider, for instance, that the overrepresentation of serious mental illnesses among the homeless and incarcerated is a visible testament to our failure to treat these brain disorders early and effectively.
—Eric J. Nestler, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
Garcia Torres will remain incarcerated — records show he is being held in Corcoran State Prison — pending the appellate process and any subsequent decision by the district attorney’s office on whether to re-file a murder charge against him.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
Each week, the media organization — which reports on the American prison system — is releasing a song performed by an incarcerated person in its newsletter, Redemption Songs.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
An incarcerated man who fled from a community work crew in Plymouth, Minnesota, on Friday morning has been taken back into custody, according to the state's Department of Corrections.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
By communicating with incarcerated activists Robert Earl Council and Melvin Ray, the film exposes systemic issues, including brutal conditions and high mortality rates, while advocating for transparency and justice in a system that often operates in secrecy.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
At the same time, Reisz said, lawyers are pushing judges who oversee the cases to act swiftly, since interminable procedural delays ensure people remain incarcerated.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
The rivetingly intimate Jail Time Records profiles the first prison recording studio on the African continent and three incarcerated artists who express themselves through music.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026
Jim Bob Duggar, star of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting, tried to impart some fatherly love to his second incarcerated son.
—Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
The remaining two suspects, Perry Wayne Taylor, 64, and Carlos Cooper, 64, both of Covington, were already incarcerated by the Louisiana Department of Corrections on unrelated charges and made contact with detectives on April 22.
—Francie Ebert, NBC news, 25 Apr. 2026
Lee was incarcerated once more.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
The indictment alleges one leader who was incarcerated used contraband cellphones to oversee the Mexican Mafia's criminal activities from his state prison cell from June 2024 to April 2026.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Detectives confirmed that he had been incarcerated at the Metro West Detention Center on a battery charge.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
Researchers tracked the defendants’ behavior while they were incarcerated.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026
Coming from local shelters, they're trained to be therapy dogs by a person currently incarcerated.
—Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Stunt Queen follows the life of Dee Farmer, one of the most brilliant legal minds of our time who has spent most of her life incarcerated among men.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
Those who are hospitalized or incarcerated continuously on or before their 18th birthday through age 25 are also exempt.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incarcerated
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Yenisey Taboada’s small apartment in Havana is filled with photos of her imprisoned son, Duannis Tabaoda.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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In the play’s penultimate scene — one of the most gorgeous, daring and breathless in American theater, and all taking place in an imprisoned Gallimard’s imagination — Song strips for Gallimard, trying to force him to confront the truth.—
Theater Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
21 Feb. 2026
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Lil Tjay was briefly jailed on suspicion of misdemeanor disorderly conduct-affray before he was released on $500 bond.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Nick Reiner, 32, who remains jailed without bail, has pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murder charges against him.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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More than two dozen EBC students interned last summer with the public schools as teacher aides.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Among them are the New Yorker writer Emily Hahn, who was living in Hong Kong under Japanese occupation, and Donald Hasuike, a fourteen-year-old Japanese American who was interned at a camp in Colorado with family before being shipped to Japan against his will.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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One theory for how the disease is spread is through captive cervid farms that house deer, elk, or moose in large quantities.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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However, thanks to efforts to reintroduce captive piping plovers into the wild and conserve their natural habitat, their local numbers have seen a resurgence.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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